Schacontia ysticalis

Schacontia ysticalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Schacontia
Species:	S. ysticalis
Binomial name
	Schacontia ysticalis; (Dyar, 1925)
Synonyms
	Thlecteria ysticalis Dyar, 1925;

Schacontia ysticalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 7–11 mm. The basal, antemedial, and subterminal fasciae of the forewings are brownish orange. The hindwings are yellowed at the margin.^[1] Adults have been recorded on wing in mid-June (in Mexico), from January to June (in Costa Rica), from March to April (in Nicaragua), from April to May (in Venezuela) and in December (in Bolivia).

References

↑ Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys. 291: 27–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744.

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[1] Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys. 291: 27–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744.